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By Pete du Pont. Mr. du Pont, a former governor of Delaware, is policy chairman of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis. This commentary also appeared on OpinionJournal.com .

S en. John McCain has pledged his life, fortune and sacred honor to limiting political speech in the name of campaign-finance reform. But before we eviscerate the First Amendment, let me offer a modest proposal for cleaning up politics.